Settling

I never understood why people settle on their significant others. I guess we have all wanted something to work so badly that we just tell ourselves that we can make it work, but marriage is a big thing, considering that you are making the commitment to send the rest of your life with this person. I always thought it's strange that people will complaint about their spouses the exact same issues before and after their marriage -- if you were complaining about these issues prior to the marriage, you are aware of these issues. Now I've came to realized that it's all a matter of investment.

How so, you ask. Well, most of these "issues" we are talking about is not a deal-breaking kind of issues. At the beginning of the relationship, nothing is serious, the guy (or gal) is an okay guy and the issues don't worry breaking up over. Two-three years down the line when it's time to talk about marriage, all the more not worth splitting over over minor issues like that. I'm not sure about others, but issues that I notice will continue to come back and haunt me and it will only get worse as time goes on. I wonder how many of these "settling" are truly happy marriages. Then again, who can define what is truly a "happy" marriage?